Preference for Analgesic Treatment for Cancer Pain Among African Americans

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-147

  Meghani, Salimah H ^a   Keane, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; analgesic preference; cancer pain; disparities; ethnicity; Pain; qualitative methods; race

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PERCOCET;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 34447645960     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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